TE 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Inductive Reasoning, Deductive Reasoning, Egocentrism
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When we adjust our existing knowledge & representations through accommodation. Jean piaget studied what children were thinking not what they were doing. Before piaget, the commonly held assumption was that children are simply less competent thinkers than adults (lacking experience, knowledge, skill). What piaget showed was that children actually think very differently than do adults and develops over time through stages. Believed that cognitive development was a progressive reorganization of mental processes (schemas) as a result of biological maturation and environmental experience: equilibrium, assimilation, accommodation. Children develop an understanding of the world around them by experiencing differences (discrepancies) between their existing schemas and that they encounter in their environment. The 3 basic components of piaget"s theory: 1. Adaptation processes (equilibrium, assimilation, and accommodation: 3. The theory attempted to explain the process that the child develops into a thinking, rationalizing individual. Focuses on development, rather than learning, so it does not address the learning of information or specific behaviors.
